Modern History (Civil Service Examination), Questions and Answers, GK for UPSC, Bank PO & All Exams

1. At a time when empires in Europe were crumbling before the might of Napoleon, which one of the following Governors- General kept the British flag flying high in India? [1999]

a. Warren Hastings

b. Lord Cornwallis

c. Lord Wellesley

d. Lord Hastings

2. Who amongst the following Englishmen first translated Bhagavad-Gita into English? [2001]

a. William Jones

b. Charles Wilkins

c. Alexander Cunningham

d. John Marshall

3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists; [1999]
List I (Books)
A. The first Indian War of Independence
B. Anand math
C. Life Divine
D. Sadhana
List II (Authors)
1. Rabindranath Tagore
2. Sri Aurobindo
3. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
4. Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
Codes:

a. A-4;B-3;C-2;D-1

b. A-3;B-4;C-1;D-2

c. A -4; B-3; C-1; D-2

d. A -3;B-4;C-1;D-1

4. 'It made its proposals in May. It still wanted a united India. There was to be a Federal Union composed of British .provinces'[1999]
The above quotation is related to:

a. Simon Commission

b. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

c. Cripps Mission

d. Cabinet Mission

5. The Governor-General who fol lowed a spirited "Forward" policy towards Afghanistan was: [1999]

a. Minto

b. Dufferin

c. Elgin

d. Lytton

6. Assertion (A): The Congress rejected the Cripps proposals. Reason (R): The Cripps Mission consisted solely of Whites. [1998]

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A

b. (b)Both A and R are true but R is NOT a correct explanation of A

c. A is true both R is false

d. A is false but R is true

7. Assertion (A): Gandhi stopped the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): Violence at Chauri-Chaura led him to stop the movement. [1998]

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation ofA

b. Both A and R are true but R is not a correct explanation ofA

c. A is true both R is false

d. A is false but R is true

8. Consider the following landmarks in Indian education:
1. Hindu College, Calcutta [1996]
2. University of Calcutta
3. Adam's Report
4. Wood's Despatch
The correct chronological order of these landmarks is:

a. 1,3,4,2

b. 1,4,3,2

c. 3,1,4,2

d. 3,2,4,1

9. Which one of the following rivers thrice forks into two streams and reunites a few miles farther on, thus, forming the islands of Srirangappattanam, Sivasamudram and Srirangam? [1996]

a. Cauvery

b. Tungabhadra

c. Krishna

d. Godavari

10. The last major extension of British Indian territory took place during the time of: [2000]

a. Dufferin

b. Dalhousie

c. Lytton.

d. Curzon

General Knowledge

1. World Geography -Test-01

2. World Geography -Test-02

3. World Geography -Test-03

4. Geography of India -Test-01

5. Geography of India -Test-02

6. Geography of India -Test-03

7. Geography of India -Test-04

8. Geography of India -Test-05

9. History of India - Test - 01

10. History of India - Test - 02

11. History of India - Test - 03

12. History of India - Test - 04

13. History of India - Test - 05

14. History of India - Test - 06

15. History of India - Test - 07

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